Poised
at the edge of a Newfoundland bay, Shirley embraces the sense that everything
is possible. She stands rooted on rock carved by years of water surging
to shore in an eternal cycle of tides, sometimes fierce, sometimes gentle.
Her open arms repeat the shoreline, the rockscape both near and far:
a human figure in balance with the contrasts and textures of water,
sky, rock. We imagine the wind, the big air - the human presence in
confidant, yet delicate, balance.
Subject and photographer also play out balancing acts - choice of moments,
of relationships to be defined by the image, reflects what is cherished
both.